Re: [coldsync-hackers] {dirty} & {deleted}

[Andrew Arensburger <arensb+CShackers at ooblick dot com>]

On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 08:28:56PM +0000, Marco van Beek wrote:
> Also, does anyone have an opinion as to whether a sync conduit should 
> look for modified handheld records first, or modified desktop records first?

	Well, the logic is symmetric, at least in the generic conduit:
there are (at least) four cases, depending on whether the PDA/desktop
record is clean/dirty:

PDA clean, desktop clean:	nothing to do
PDA clean, desktop dirty:	upload from desktop
PDA dirty, desktop clean:	download from PDA
PDA dirty, desktop dirty:	create a second record, copy both ways.

In other words, it doesn't really matter, since you're going to have
to look at both sets of records anyway.

	But as Christophe pointed out, if the connection is flaky, or
if the PDA is dying, it's probably more important to get the
information off of the PDA while you still can.
	Of course, this sort of bullet-proof reliability tends to be
rather hard to code. You might decide that it's more trouble than it's
worth. Or not.

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